Companyia Elèctrica Dharma (Elèctrica Dharma) are one of the forefathers of Catalan Prog Folk. They were formed in Barcelona in 1974, by Fortuny brothers - Joan (soprano saxophone), Josep (drums) and Esteve (guitar), along with Carles Vidal on bass and Jordi Soley on keyboards. The band fused many aspects of Catalan folk music (emphasizing it on the saxophone)with jazz/rock/fuision, as well as other types of Mediterranean-based root music. They're music is festive, light-heartened and toe-tapping, but also complex and not banal at all. The band's line-up changed (or better, widened) several times, once evene with a tragedy: Esteve Fortuny died of cerebral haemorrhage in 1986, during their live performance…

Un Llamp Que No S'Acaba Mai documents a concert by pianist Agustí Fernández (a leading light of Barcelona's freer fringe) with bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders (both from London's improv scene) at the Sigüenza Jazz Festival. Here Fernández and Co. perform the festival's first ever offering of totally improvised music, a set that, according to the liner notes, opened the ears and "doors" of many uninitiated listeners. And a worthy entrée to the outré it is: from the first feathery rumblings and light harmonics of the bass, complemented by chromatic fragments from the piano and whispering bells and gongs, the music crackles like a slowing heating hearth, hums like a hive and winks and twinkles like stars in a compelling segue of mercurial soundscapes.